Both indices cut down their falls compared to the previous day.
Onthe Hochiminh Stock Exchange, the VN Index lost 0.17 percent to closeat 622.10 points while the HNX Index on the Hanoi Stock Exchange dropped0.24 percent to 87.92 points.
Market liquidity remained high,but decreased by one-fifth to 3.44 trillion VND (159 million USD). Atotal of 196 million shares were traded.
Despite the drop, themarket showed some improvements. Compared to the previous session, therewere 161 gainers and 229 decliners, more advancing codes and lesslosing ones.
Petrol and bank shares were the major factor as most declined or stayed flat, preventing the market from rising.
Someother large-cap shares also contributed to the fall of the market. FLCGroup (FLC) fell by 1.16 percent, Hoa Sen Group (HSG) was down 1.38percent while Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (VNM) and MaSan Group (MSN) remained unchanged.
HAI Agrochem Joint StockCompany (HAI) on the southern bourse and KLF Joint Venture GlobalInvestment JSC (KLF) on the northern bourse were the most active codeswith 9.2 and 4.5 million shares traded, respectively.
On July 14and 17, the Hanoi Stock Exchange will list two new codes on the northernmarket. The newcomers are Petrovietnam Fertilisers and Chemicals JointStock Company and Southern Books and Education Equipment Joint StockCompany, which are listed as PSW and SMN.-VNA